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The E21 Legion does our own Rally unofficially and we always have a great time. We had about 40 cars in our rally and stopped in Solvang for a delicious BBQ. I must have seen literally 25 CHP's on bikes. My 323i (driven by another member) was pulled over to check the registration (we were waiting at a stop light) And another was pulled over for taking pictures out the rear of a E30 cabrio. The CHP presence was intense and I almost felt intimidated, as a few times they were following us. We stuck to the speed limit 99% of the time though and they didn't really have anything on us.

FWIW, the CHP presence has more to do with the wine-tasters than it does the Bimmer-festers (that's what their honcho told me anyway)...

Lies!

One of the CHP's walking around at the fest is in the E21 Legion and he told us to watch out because the CHP knew full well about the rally's that take place. And for what it's worth he is an awesome guy, and I can assure you he was not ticketing anyone at the event.

One of the CHP's walking around at the fest is in the E21 Legion and he told us to watch out because the CHP knew full well about the rally's that take place. And for what it's worth he is an awesome guy, and I can assure you he was not ticketing anyone at the event.

You must be talking about CHPAhoy, a former Bimmerfest attendee...

Regardless,

The good news was that the lieutenant basically said that if the rally was well organized, and the CHP was involved in the planning, that we could revive/restore the official rally.